The document discusses aligning educational systems with 21st century skills. It proposes aligning instruction, leadership development, and data/knowledge management around competencies like digital literacy, critical thinking, and self-directed learning. This includes observation models for these skills, professional learning focused on data and research, and an integrated online platform for resources, exemplars, and continuous learning. The goal is preparing all students for an evolving, technology-driven world by retrofitting current "analogue" systems focused on classroom-based, test-driven instruction.

1. Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
Patrick Flynn
http://www.educationconnection.org
costa@educationconnection.org
http://www.revisionlearning.com
pflynn@revisionlearning.com
Digital Age Teacher Growth Systems
http://www.skills21.org
http://digitallearningforallnow.com
http://www.slideshare.net/jpcostasr
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2. The Mission
To prepare
EVERY learner
for life
and work
in the
21st century.
© Corwin Press - 2011

3. Your world has changed…
1. It is flat.
2. It is digital.
3. It is constantly
evolving.
4. It is increasingly
unforgiving to those
who are unskilled.
http://digitallearningforallnow.com
© Corwin Press - 2011

4. Purpose + Engagement = Learning
The Center for 21st Center Skills uses
rigorous, standards based blended
learning courses and virtual learning
tools in a 1:1 learning environment to
challenge and engage student learners
from grades 7-12.

5. Goals for
Learning
Assessment
& Data
Teaching &
Instruction
Curriculum &
Communication
Leadership
Focus
Professional
Evaluation
Professional
Learning
Resource
Deployment

6. The Big Idea
Systems must align with
mission and goals.
By chance or plan, your
systems create the world
that they are designed (or
not) to support.

7. No Surprises
We Know How This Works
Rethink
Reengineer
1
© Corwin Press - 2011
Retrofit

8. The Big Barrier
Your mission is to
prepare students for
a digital world…
…but your systems are
grounded on
analogue/inspection
assumptions.

9. Consider Leverage Points
Professional
Evaluation
Professional
Learning
The two systems that drive our expectations
for the learning experiences we want to
provide for our students.

10. Aligned Learning Practice
Aligning
instructional/learning
evaluation structures
with digitally supported
21st century skills,
knowledge and
dispositions.
Aligning leadership &
talent capacity
development processes
with data informed and
research driven
learning practice.
Aligning Integrated data and
knowledge platform support with
management and analysis tools that
are efficient and easy to use.

11. An Aligned System of Practice
Aligning
instructional/
learning
evaluation
structures
with digitally
supported
21st century
skills,
knowledge
and
dispositions.
Observational practice
models consistent with the
potential and promise of
systemic digital learning.
Valuing student engagement
and empowerment through
the self-directed use of digital
tools for learning.
Informed by the practice of
the i3, Nellie Mae and NSF
funded Center for 21st Century
Skills.

12. Allowing Only for a Retrofit
• What if nobody is in a classroom?
• What if technology is considered an
essential tool for learning and not just a
“physical resource?”
• What if everyone has a different “physical
arrangement?”

13. Aligned Learning Practice

14. An Aligned System of Practice
Aligning
leadership &
talent
capacity
development
processes
with data
informed and
research
driven
learning
practice.
Proven strategies for building
and maximizing talent capacity
throughout the implementation
process.
Aligning continuous adult learning
for both administrators and
teachers with instructional vision
and performance data.
Flexible and customizable
organizational methodologies
designed by and for learners.

15. Aligned Learning Practice
Integrated Leadership Professional Learning Program
•
•
•
•
21st Century Rubric deconstruction
21st Century Rubric calibration and inter-rater agreement
Evaluator proficiency analysis
Effective classroom observation techniques and evidence collection
approaches
• Meaningful teacher and administrator feedback and support
On-Going Implementation Analysis
• Collegial Calibrations ™ for on-going calibration of evaluators
• Implementation reviews with District Leadership Team
• Personalized professional learning programming

16. An Aligned System of Practice
Aligning
Integrated
data and
knowledge
platform
support with
management
and analysis
tools that are
efficient and
easy to use.
Ease of use and functional
alignment as the highest
design and practical use
priority.
Access to model evidence,
instructional exemplars, and
continuous learning resources
throughout the layers of the
system.
Allows for a return on
investment in knowledge
development as well as
information management.

17. Aligned Learning Practice
Educator Performance and Knowledge Management Learning Platform ™

18. Aligned Learning Practice
Aligning
instructional/learning
evaluation structures
with digitally supported
21st century skills,
knowledge and
dispositions.
Aligning leadership &
talent capacity
development processes
with data informed and
research driven
learning practice.
Aligning Integrated data and
knowledge platform support with
management and analysis tools that
are efficient and easy to use.

19. Foundational Documents
Connecticut State Department of Education, The 2010 Common Core of Teaching: Foundational Skills, 2010
Connecticut State Department of Education, The Connecticut Framework for Teacher Evaluation and Support, 2012.
Costa, Jonathan, & Cogan Drew, Dan, EDUCATION CONNECTION’s 21st Century Skills Crosswalk, Litchfield CT, 2010.
Costa, Jonathan, Digital Learning for All, Now! Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2012.
Danielson, Charlotte, Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, 2nd Edition, ASCD, Alexandria VA, 2007.
enGauge 21st Century Skills - Copyright © 2003 by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Metiri Group. All rights reserved. This work
was produced in whole or in part with funds from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education, under contract number ED-01CO-0011.
ISTE/NETS - © 2007 International Society for Technology in Education. ISTE® is a registered trademark of the International Society for Technology in
Education. National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•S) and Performance Indicators for Students.
November, Alan, Who Owns the Learning? Solution Tree Press, Bloomington IN, 2012.
Saphier, Jon, Haley-Speca, Mary Ann and Gower, Robert, The Skillful Teacher, Research for Better Teaching, Inc. Acton MA, 2008
21st Century Skills, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 177 N. Church Avenue, Suite 305 Tucson

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Fullan, Micheal (2007). The New Meaning of Educational Change, Fourth Edition, Teachers College Press, New York, NY
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21. costa@educationconnection.org
pflynn@revisionlearning.com
http://www.educationconnection.org
http://www.skills21.org
http://digitallearningforallnow.com
http://www.revisionlearning.com
http://www.slideshare.net/jpcostasr
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